Couple & Family Contexts

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Clinical Trial

— CFC  

Official title:

Affective Influences on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior: Couple & Family Contexts

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01631721
• Other study ID #: NICHD_064734
• Secondary ID: R01HD064734
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 2010
• Est. completion date: February 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2016
• Source: New York University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand the factors that lead to adolescent sexual risk behavior by investigating both the family contexts and romantic relationships that influence adolescent couples' decision-making.

Description:

In the United States, inner-city African American and Latino youth are vulnerable to the negative consequences of sexual risk behavior. Despite the fact that sexual risk behavior is a dyadic behavior, almost all of the social-cognitive theories emphasize individual-based variables to explain behavior. Little research has studied both members of an adolescent couple or has used measures from each member to predict future sexual activity of that dyad. The overall aim of the present study is to identify explanatory models of couple sexual risk behavior among a sample of unmarried, non co-habiting Latino and African American high school-aged dyads that are romantically linked. In addition, the present research also will study the parents of adolescent couples. In doing so, the present research will apply theories of cognition, emotion and emotion regulation, and a new theory of parental monitoring to the study of adolescent sexual risk behavior among couples.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2960
• Est. completion date: February 2016
• Est. primary completion date: January 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 17 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adolescents must be between the ages of 17-19

• Adolescents must currently reside in the Bronx, New York

• Adolescents must be of Latino or African American descent

• Adolescents must identify as being currently involved in romantic relationship

• Adolescent and parent must both agree to being a participant

• Adolescent and parent must be able to participate in questionnaire activities

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any cognitive or psychiatric disability that would prevent successful participation of adolescent or parent in questionnaire activities

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Silver School of Social Work, New York University	New York	New York

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
New York University	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Incidence of vaginal intercourse with romantic partner	Number of times ever had vaginal intercourse with current romantic partner	Baseline
Secondary	Frequency of condom use during vaginal intercourse with romantic partner	Of the number of times participant has ever had vaginal sex with romantic partner, number of times used a condom	Baseline
Secondary	Incidence of oral sex with romantic partner	Number of times has ever given/received oral sex with current romantic partner	Baseline
Secondary	Frequency of condom use for oral sex with romantic partner	Of number of times has ever had oral sex with current romantic partner, number of times used a condom	Baseline
Secondary	Incidence of anal intercourse with current romantic partner	Number of times has ever had anal intercourse with current romantic partner	Baseline
Secondary	Frequency of condom use for anal intercourse with romantic partner	Of times has ever had anal intercourse with current romantic partner, number of times used a condom	Baseline
Secondary	Frequency of condom use during vaginal intercourse with romantic partner	Of the number of times participant has ever had vaginal sex with romantic partner, number of times used a condom	6 Months Follow-up
Secondary	Incidence of oral sex with romantic partner	Number of times has ever given/received oral sex with current romantic partner	6 Months Follow-up
Secondary	Frequency of condom use for oral sex with romantic partner	Of number of times has ever had oral sex with current romantic partner, number of times used a condom	6 Months Follow-up
Secondary	Incidence of anal intercourse with current romantic partner	Number of times has ever had anal intercourse with current romantic partner	6 Months Follow-up
Secondary	Frequency of condom use for anal intercourse with romantic partner	Of times has ever had anal intercourse with current romantic partner, number of times used a condom	6 Months Follow-up
Secondary	Incidence of vaginal intercourse romantic partner	Number of times ever had vaginal intercourse with current romantic partner	6 Months Follow-up